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Latest news, stories and trends around the topics of the SCCON World

Get insights and news about the diversity of digitization, its impact on our society and the people behind it. Compiled by the SCCON team and our partners, you can expect inspiring stories and innovative perspectives on the tech and public sector landscape. You'll also be among the first to hear news about the Smart Country Convention next edition.

We apologize for not being able to present all of our news in English. Please find a selection of the most important news below. To see all news, please visit our German website.

Jörg Scholz (Deutsche Telekom) and Guido Massfeller (Google Cloud)

2022/10/07

A sovereign cloud for the public sector

The strategic partners Google Cloud and T-Systems are supporting organisations with cloud-based solutions in order to digitalise applications and services.

2022/10/07

Open Source and Open Standards: How FIWARE Foundation digitalise cities in Germany

For the fifth time, FIWARE Foundation - the non-profit organization and the de-facto standard for smart cities

The sky over Herzberg (Elster). Photo: Neulandia

2022/10/06

From mobile work to mobile studies

The idea of a co-campus and the Herzberg pioneers.

2022/10/06

Update on the online ID and digital identities

Visitors to the Digital Identities stand (303) of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community can apply for their personal ID from a mobile citizens’ centre.

2022/10/01

Digital Spaces competition in the Land of Brandenburg

New forms of working, doing business and learning

2022/10/01

Secure digital identities for the digital sovereignty of citizens

Be it online shopping, online banking or social media – do people have any idea how many online accounts they have?

2022/09/30

Digital and sustainable cities – support for smart cities in the Coalition Agreement

“Germany needs nothing less than a new digital beginning.“ It literally says that in the Coalition Agreement signed by SPD, Grüne and FDP.

2022/09/26

Partner Highlights: A smart Hesse as an example for a smart Germany

"Together for a smart Hesse" is the motto under which four different players have come together to work on a sustainable Hesse.

2022/09/22

Partner Highlights: Slovenia - From Smart Digital Societies to Green Economy

Slovenia is actively contributing to key EU initiatives in the fields of smart cities, data, AI and interoperability with the goal to become a frontrunner digital nation.

2022/08/10

Guest article: Braunschweig on the way to becoming a Smart City

“The best thing about being a smart city is that it combines so many different topics and activity fields“, said Dr. Neven Josipovic, Chief Innovation Officer of the city of Braunschweig.

2022/08/03

Partner Highlights: Smart Solutions for Cities, Regions and Villages

What can digital solutions do for cities? At the Smart Country Convention 2022, FIWARE will make, among other things, the potential of smart solutions within a smart world tangible.

2022/08/01

The Smart Country Startup Award goes into the next round

As of now, companies can apply for the Smart Country Startup Award in the categories "Smart City" and "GovTech". The best will pitch their projects at SCCON on October 19.

2022/07/26

Sovereignty. Sustainability. Resilience.

The Smart Country Convention already promises a broad spectrum of topics. Experts will address the current issues surrounding e-government and smart cities on four stages.

2022/07/19

What's next for smart cities?

Michael Pfefferle is Head of Smart City & Smart Region at Bitkom e.V. and spoke in a guest article in Behördenspiegel about the future of smart city funding from the federal government.

2022/07/12

Freiburg on the way to becoming a Smart City

More efficient cities, technological progress and innovation – that is what smart cities are about. Freiburg wants to become a smart city too, and in doing so to be more digitalised and innovative.

2022/06/30

Kaiserslautern on the way to becoming a Smart City

Kaiserslautern combines "best of both worlds" - the city is home to traditional companies as well as creative start-ups and globally active institutes.

2022/06/22

Ahaus on its way to becoming a Smart City

"The technology is only a means to an end. The added values for the citizen are in the foreground," says Dieter van Acken, one of the leading minds of Smart City Ahaus.

Osnabrück on its way to becoming a Smart City

2022/06/13

Osnabrück – on the way to becoming a smart city

More and more cities in Germany are set to become smart cities. In Osnabrück this is for practical reasons – like many other municipalities it has to find answers to many pressing issues

2022/06/07

Nancy Faeser to open the Smart Country Convention 2022

Over the years the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Smart Country Convention have enjoyed a close partnership which is set to continue at #SCCON22.

With various sensors throughout the city, Mannheim collects data on air quality, noise and temperature.

2022/06/01

Mannheim – on the way to becoming a smart city

From the handcar and electric lift to Carl Benz’s invention of the automobile – all these innovations took place in Mannheim. The city has duly earned itself the title of ‘city of innovation’.

2022/04/26

Smart Country Convention returns - and the first exhibitors are already there

From October 18 to 20, everyone who wants to advance the public sector and the digital economy - from market leaders to newcomers, thought leaders and startups - will come together at Messe Berlin.

2022/04/15

Gera on the way to becoming a Smart City

Hamburg, Cologne, Munich - classic examples of large German smart cities. But Gera in Thuringia is also on its way to becoming a technologically advanced and innovative city.

2022/04/12

From the Online Access Act to smart mobility – these are the topics of the Smart Country C

This year the Smart Country Convention will again be providing answers to the many questions that digitalisation raises for the state, local government and society.

2022/03/30

Smart City Index - Hamburg remains top!

The Smart City Index 2021 is here and shows that digitization is on the rise. It is not a state of affairs but an ongoing process that is being driven forward in all major cities in Germany.

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